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That 's what I use. It 's great, lots of bells and whistles, backs up
nearly every platform. Completely automated, GUI interface, which will
run on any client or the backup server. Which is cool since you don 't
have worry about X sessions clogging up your pipes. Backs up and
restores across hosts, filesystems, etc. I backup 20 Linux servers and
10 Solaris servers. Good stuff. It is very expensive though, but as
far as I 'm concerned not nearly as expensive as not having good reliable
backups...
Drew
-- --Original Message-- --
From: Ben Yau [mailto:byau@(protected)]
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 12:14 PM
To: redhat-list@(protected)
Subject: RE: Backup management software recommendations required
I believe veritas netbackup will do what you 're looking for. It 's very
expensive. I 've used it at two jobs and was very happy with it.
Definitely automted. Can-do over the network
Ben Yau
=================================
310.235.2500 x232
Card Commerce International, Inc.
http://www.cardcommerce.com
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http://www.cardcommerce.com/
>
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From: redhat-list-admin@(protected)
[mailto:redhat-list-admin@(protected)]On Behalf Of Donald Tyler
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 7:02 AM
To: redhat-list@(protected)
Subject: Backup management software recommendations required
Hi,
We have recently expanded our network rather quickly and have added 5
RedHat 9 servers to our single Mac XServe Server.
We used to use a piece of software for managing network backups called
Retrospect, which worked perfectly. But they don?t seem to have any
software for Linux.
What I am hoping is that someone can recommend a piece of software I can
use to automate and remotely manage the backup of all six servers,
preferably using a GUI interface.
Retrospect worked in such a way that you installed client software on
each machine, and then install a single server with the control
software. Using this method, you did not have to set up any kind of file
sharing etc as the client software would back itself up onto the server.
It could be automated and I would get error messages from both the
clients and the servers if a client had not checked in for its regular
backup.
It would be ideal if I could get something similar, but it is not
essential. The only essential features are that its automated and
manageable over a network.
Thanks in advance.
Donald Tyler
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<DIV > <SPAN class=258211718-13012004 > <FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2 >That 's
what I use. It 's great, lots of bells and whistles, backs up nearly every
platform. Completely automated, GUI interface, which will run on any
client or the backup server. Which is cool since you don 't have worry
about X sessions clogging up your pipes. Backs up and restores across
hosts, filesystems, etc. I backup 20 Linux servers and 10 Solaris
servers. Good stuff. It is very expensive though, but as far as I 'm
concerned not nearly as expensive as not having good reliable
backups... </FONT > </SPAN > </DIV >
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size=2 > </FONT > </SPAN > </DIV >
<DIV > <SPAN class=258211718-13012004 > <FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2 >Drew </FONT > </SPAN > </DIV >
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size=2 >-- --Original Message-- -- <BR > <B >From: </B > Ben Yau
[mailto:byau@(protected)] <BR > <B >Sent: </B > Tuesday, January 13, 2004 12:14
PM <BR > <B >To: </B > redhat-list@(protected) <BR > <B >Subject: </B > RE: Backup
management software recommendations required <BR > <BR > </FONT > </DIV >
<DIV > <SPAN class=890091317-13012004 > <FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2 >I
believe veritas netbackup will do what you 're looking for. It 's very
expensive. I 've used it at two jobs and was very happy with it.
Definitely automted. Can-do over the network </FONT > </SPAN > </DIV >
<DIV > </DIV >
<P > <FONT size=2 >Ben
Yau <BR > <BR >================================= <BR >310.235.2500 x232 <BR >Card
Commerce International, Inc. <BR > <A href= "
http://www.cardcommerce.com/
"
target=_blank >
http://www.cardcommerce.com
</A > <BR >================================= <BR > </FONT >
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size=2 >-- --Original Message-- -- <BR > <B >From: </B >
redhat-list-admin@(protected) [mailto:redhat-list-admin@(protected)] <B >On
Behalf Of </B >Donald Tyler <BR > <B >Sent: </B > Tuesday, January 13, 2004 7:02
AM <BR > <B >To: </B > redhat-list@(protected) <BR > <B >Subject: </B > Backup management
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<P class=MsoNormal > <FONT face=Arial size=2 > <SPAN
style= "FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial " >Hi, </SPAN > </FONT > </P >
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<P class=MsoNormal > <FONT face=Arial size=2 > <SPAN
style= "FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial " >We have recently expanded our
network rather quickly and have added 5 RedHat 9 servers to our single Mac
XServe Server. </SPAN > </FONT > </P >
<P class=MsoNormal > <FONT face=Arial size=2 > <SPAN
style= "FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial " > </SPAN > </FONT > </P >
<P class=MsoNormal > <FONT face=Arial size=2 > <SPAN
style= "FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial " >We used to use a piece of
software for managing network backups called Retrospect, which worked
perfectly. But they don 't seem to have any software for
Linux. </SPAN > </FONT > </P >
<P class=MsoNormal > <FONT face=Arial size=2 > <SPAN
style= "FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial " > </SPAN > </FONT > </P >
<P class=MsoNormal > <FONT face=Arial size=2 > <SPAN
style= "FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial " >What I am hoping is that someone
can recommend a piece of software I can use to automate and remotely manage
the backup of all six servers, preferably using a GUI
interface. </SPAN > </FONT > </P >
<P class=MsoNormal > <FONT face=Arial size=2 > <SPAN
style= "FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial " > </SPAN > </FONT > </P >
<P class=MsoNormal > <FONT face=Arial size=2 > <SPAN
style= "FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial " >Retrospect worked in such a way
that you installed client software on each machine, and then install a
single server with the control software. Using this method, you did not have
to set up any kind of file sharing etc as the client software would back
itself up onto the server. It could be automated and I would get error
messages from both the clients and the servers if a client had not checked
in for its regular backup. </SPAN > </FONT > </P >
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<P class=MsoNormal > <FONT face=Arial size=2 > <SPAN
style= "FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial " >It would be ideal if I could get
something similar, but it is not essential. The only essential features are
that its automated and manageable over a network. </SPAN > </FONT > </P >
<P class=MsoNormal > <FONT face=Arial size=2 > <SPAN
style= "FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial " > </SPAN > </FONT > </P >
<P class=MsoNormal > <FONT face=Arial size=2 > <SPAN
style= "FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial " >Thanks in
advance. </SPAN > </FONT > </P >
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<P class=MsoNormal > <FONT face=Arial size=2 > <SPAN
style= "FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial " >Donald
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